Triple bombs w/ the gun was my fav
Just unlocked the last? weapon, the AR-15. At first I was like "this thing doesn't do any damage, meh" and almost went back to the shield, but then I got a few powerups for it and DAMN. Especially the Zeus powerups. AR-15 plus Lightning Strike to proc electric bolts plus Storm Lightning to chain the bolt effects = Mass destruction that homes in on foes and can clear a screen pretty fast. I'm taking way more damage than I was when I used the shield, though, probably because I'm spending a lot more time standing still instead of constantly dashing/blocking/bullrushing.
I basically never use cast unless I have a build around it. The minotaur is pretty easy you just gotta kite him behind pillars while you avoid Theseus and kill him 1st. You should probably try different shield builds and practice blocking.I'm having trouble getting past the Minotaur and his friend. I have a few issues that I'm unsure how to resolve.
How integral(to beating the game) is using Cast? I suck at aiming, especially while trying to dodge, and the pseudo cooldown nature the skill means I basically never use it.
Taking damage annoys the fuck out of me and leads to frustrated and sloppy play. I'd love to play a build that takes damage and heals it, but I'm guess that doesn't really exist? I'm old and suck at dodge stuff. Even stupid shit like those skulls still hit me sometimes.
Just need to learn to dodge through him as he swipes, and again as he leaps if you're melee, otherwise just kite like hell as ranged. Athenas deflect ability also helps greatly if you're using a melee weaponI'm having trouble getting past the Minotaur and his friend. I have a few issues that I'm unsure how to resolve.
How integral(to beating the game) is using Cast? I suck at aiming, especially while trying to dodge, and the pseudo cooldown nature the skill means I basically never use it.
Taking damage annoys the fuck out of me and leads to frustrated and sloppy play. I'd love to play a build that takes damage and heals it, but I'm guess that doesn't really exist? I'm old and suck at dodge stuff. Even stupid shit like those skulls still hit me sometimes.
I'm having trouble getting past the Minotaur and his friend. I have a few issues that I'm unsure how to resolve.
How integral(to beating the game) is using Cast? I suck at aiming, especially while trying to dodge, and the pseudo cooldown nature the skill means I basically never use it.
Taking damage annoys the fuck out of me and leads to frustrated and sloppy play. I'd love to play a build that takes damage and heals it, but I'm guess that doesn't really exist? I'm old and suck at dodge stuff. Even stupid shit like those skulls still hit me sometimes.
I rarely cast unless I get some good boons for it. And there's certainly defensive styles (shield/ranged) , but the issue with playing defense is there aren't many reliable ways to replenish your life, and the longer the fight goes on, the more chances you'll eventually be hit.Finally got Hades down. Used Achilles' Spear, but I don't think much of my damage came from attacks nor casts. I want to say triple dash strike while maintaining boiling blood and privileged status was most of my damage. 40 attempts, almost maxed out mirror, preferred Athena boons for deflection.
Playing this game makes my left wrist hurt(keyboard and mouse). Maybe I'm evaluating the gameplay incorrectly, but it seems to incentivize dps. As in, bursting down bosses leads to less damage taken rather than playing to the mechanics. And it seems one of the most reliable ways(as in, not RNG from which boons you're offered) to boost damage is boiling blood and privileged status. Which means attacking, dashing, specials, and casts. For how much you have to dodge, that's too many buttons for my taste. FWIW, I like 1-2 button builds in PoE, and my wrists almost never hurt playing that game.
Desire to continue playing isn't really there. I don't get the sense that continuing to grind will open up some new build options. I'm looking for something that's tankier, less twitchy, and forgiving on mistakes.
Cast is a requirement for boiling blood. 50% more damage seems too large to ignore on bosses. And because it seems not every bosses will grant their curse to casts, or some of them in a shitty way(Aphrodite), or some of them that prevents the cast from sticking, you can't rely on cast for privileged status.
That leaves some combination of revenge(a bit unreliable), attack, dash(unreliable depending god), and special. You're going to be dashing always, regardless if it's setting up privileged status. So, depending on build, you can leave out special or attack. That's still a few more buttons than I'd like.
I'm aware I'm talking a bit too generic. I don't think I'm good enough yet to tackle the game with whatever boon RNG is thrown at me. I'm still trying to build around aspect + 1st boon from keepsake.
Killed Hades again with cluster bombs, ares on special, and zeus on attack with jolted. Started out a garbage run just to try to unlock Guan Yu, wasn't expecting to go that far.
by far the best way to consistently have good runs. also essential if you are trying to platinumI'm not sure if you know or not, but most newer players tend to not realize there are pre-requisites for boons and also duo boon requirements that need to be met before they show up during a run (you'll never see high tier boons from a certain god unless you have certain tier 1 and 2 boons from that god already). Knowing about these simplifies decisions made throughout a run. Its still RNG, but you can remove a decent portion of that RNG and start making your runs more reliable once you start "fishing" with this in mind.